Chapter X: Part 10

Cassandrino, of Roman origin, i. 28;
described, ii. 46

Cassandro, origin of, i. 27;
in dialogue with Paillasse, 197;
with Pierrot, 209;
described, ii. 42;
character created and developed, 45

Castil-Blaze quoted, ii. 54

Cavé, plays Scaramouche, ii. 227;
his duel, 228

Cavicchio, in Scala’s scenarii, i. 29;
described, ii. 254

Cecchini, Pietro-Maria, on comedy, ii. 77;
plays Fritellino, 236

Celega in _La Vaccaria_, ii. 123

_Centaura, La_, described, i. 40

Champfleury, scenarii by, i. 125;
on Deburau, 226;
on the English Clown, 232

Chantilly, Mlle de. _See_ Madame Favart

Chapelle, famous Cassandro, ii. 45;
anecdotes of, 46

Charlatans, in Athens and Sparta, i. 10;
Istomachus, 18;
Mondor, 41; ii. 238;
in Italy and France, 239;
Martin’s description of, 240

Chicanoux described, ii. 268

Ciavarelli, Alessandro, plays Scapino, ii. 183

Cicero, his friendship for Roscius, i. 18;
quoted, 60

_Cid, Le_, i. 145

_Clizia, La_, played in Rome, i. 280

Cinedologues, i. 80

Cinthio, in dialogue with Pierrot, i. 210;
played by M. A. Romagnesi, 259;
costume of, 260;
in _Colombine Avocat_, 260;
and Mezzetin, ii. 190

Clairon, Hippolyte, ii. 80;
on Volange’s failure, 118

Cleon, Roman mime, i. 18

Clown, the English version of Pierrot, i. 231;
descendant of the Clowns of Shakespeare, 233;
played by Giuseppe Grimaldi, 233;
played by Joe Grimaldi, 234

Cocodrillo, Captain, played by Fornaris, i. 150

Colalto plays Pantaloon, ii. 29;
his death, 30

Collé, his criticism of Bertinazzi, i. 94;
his criticism of Deshayes, 178;
of the sisters Veronese, ii. 177

Collet, Mlle, cantatrice, ii. 69

Colomba, La, her début, ii. 69

_Colombine Avocat_, dialogue from, i. 260

COLUMBINE, i. 41;
Catarina Biancolelli, 44;
Teresa Biancolelli, 49;
in _L’Empereur dans la Lune_, 82 _et seq._;
chapter on, 159;
a soubrette, 162;
Catarina Biancolelli, 163;
speeches of, 164 _et seq._;
in _Le Banqueroutier_, 166;
in _L’Homme à Bonnes Fortunes_, 169;
and Harlequin, 171;
costume of, 173;
Violette, 174;
Coraline, 175;
in scene from Gherardi, ii. 26;
the daughter of Cassandro, 44;
in dialogue with Isabella, 147

Comédie-Française makes war upon the forain theatres, i. 46

Comédie-Italienne, the “New” and the “Old,” i. 50;
amalgamated with the Opéra-Comique, 52;
styled “Théâtre des Italiens,” 53;
Bertoldo at, 192

Comedy, ancient, i. 11 _et seq._

Comædiæ Planipediæ, i. 12

Commedia dell’ Arte, developed in Italy, i. 26;
continuation of the Atellanæ, 28, 32;
improvisation in, 30;
Riccoboni’s hostility to, 267;
Gozzi and Goldoni on, ii. 281

Commedia Sostenuta, i. 26

Commissary, the, ii. 267

Confidenti Troupe, i. 34, 37, 150

Constantini, Angelo, plays Mezzetino, i. 44;
his career, ii. 185;
succeeds Domenico, 186;
anecdote of, 187;
and Augustus I. of Poland, 192;
his reappearance, 193;
his death, 194

Constantini, Anna, plays Isabelle, ii. 157

Constantini, Antonio, plays Harlequin, i. 89

Constantini, Constantino, plays Gradelino, i. 45;
career of, ii. 184

Constantini, Giovanni-Battista, plays Ottavio, i. 45;
in Paris, 262;
his services to France, 263;
his character and death, 264

Coraline. _See_ Anna Veronese

Corneille, i. 145

Cornelio, Aloysio, patron of Beolco, i. 281 _et seq._

Corteze, Orsola, plays Eularia, i. 44;
wife of Domenico, 67;
her début, ii. 140

Corypheus created by Thespis, i. 9

Cotta Pietro, Riccoboni on, i. 266;
endeavours to uplift comedy, 267

COVIELLO, i. 27;
of Calabrese origin, 28;
chapter on, ii. 231;
in Callot’s engravings, 233;
played by Salvator Rosa, 234;
Fritellino, 235;
Tabarino, 237;
Burattino, 252;
Cavicchio, 254;
Ficcheto, 255

Crispin, costume of, i. 152;
described, ii. 229

Croce, Giulio Cesare (Della Lira), i. 183;
his poem, 185

D

Dancing. _See_ Ballerina

Danneret, Elizabeth, cantatrice, i. 45; ii. 59;
in _Le Départ des Comédiens_, 60

Darbés, plays Pantaloon, ii. 30;
Gozzi’s praise of, 282

Deamicis, cantatrice, ii. 66

Deburau, Jean-Baptiste, i. 53;
contrasted with Père Rousseau, 196;
transforms character of Pierrot, 219;
Théophile Gautier on, 220;
Janin’s biography of, 221;
his agreement with Bertrand, 222;
plays in which performed, 223;
his last appearance, 226;
his death, 227;
and George Sand, 228;
his character, 229;
his son, 230

Deburau the younger succeeds his father, i. 229

Delaulne, Florentin, his _Arlequiniana_, i. 69

Della Lira. _See_ Croce

_Départ des Comédiens, Le_, quoted, ii. 60

Deshayes, at the Comédie-Italienne, i. 175;
Collé’s criticism of, 178

Doctor, the (Il Dottore), i. 26;
of Bolognese origin, 28;
in Scala’s scenarii, 29, 48;
Materazzi, 49;
in _L’Empereur dans la Lune_, 80; and ii. 35;
and Pedrolino, 201;
in _Pantalone Spezier_, ii. 21;
described, 31;
Riccoboni on, 32;
his mask, 33;
players of, 37;
in dialogue with Isabelle, 144;
and Fenocchio, 171;
and Scaramouche, 218

Donat, Jean, plays zanies, i. 44

Domenico. _See_ Giuseppe-Domenico Biancolelli

_Double Inconstance, La_, i. 94

Dumalgé, Mlle, Ballerina, ii. 86

E

Ely plays Polichinelle, i. 125

_Empereur dans la Lune, L’_, i. 79; ii. 35

_Épreuves, Les_, sketched, i. 223

Esopus, Roman mime, i. 18

Ethologues, i. 10

Etoile quoted, i. 35 _et seq._

Etruscans, i. 11

F

Fabioni plays Pulcinella, i. 119

Facanappa described, ii. 49

Favart, marries Mlle Chantilly, ii. 62;
on La Piccinelli, 67;
on La Dumalgé, 86;
on Camille, 158 _et seq._

Favart, Madame (Mlle Chantilly), her début, ii. 62;
Maréchal de Saxe in love with, 63;
her talent, 64;
her death, 65;
her dancing, 80

Fedeli Troupe, i. 39

Fenocchio, variant of Brighella, ii. 168;
and Harlequin, 169

Fescennia, the verses of, ii. 231;
actors of, 232

_Festin de Pierre, Le_, i. 205

Ficcheto described, ii. 255

_Finta Pazza, La_, title of, i. 42;
performed in Paris, 57

Fiorello, Silvio, introduced Pulcinella, i. 112

Fiorilli, Agostino, plays Tartaglia, ii. 261;
Gozzi’s praise of, 281, 290

Fiorina, La, quoted, ii. 121

Fiorinetta in _La Vaccaria_, ii. 121

Fiurelli, Tiberio, Scaramouche, i. 41, 43, 44;
in interlude, ii. 58;
plays Scaramouche, 208;
his marriage, 210;
his fame, 211;
and Louis XIV., 212;
his second marriage, 214;
in scenario from Gherardi, 215

Flautino, played by Giovanni Gherardi, ii. 184

Flavio, Flaminio Scala, i. 29;
in _La Vaccaria_, 235; and ii. 125;
in _The Wiles of Isabella_, i. 242

_Fontaine de Sapience, La_, quoted, ii. 59

Fornaris, Fabrizio di, in Confidenti Troupe, i. 37;
plays Cocodrillo, 150

_Fourberies de Scapin, Les_, i. 188

Fournier, Édouard, on Pierrot, i. 204 _et seq._

Fracassano, Michelangelo da, plays Pulcinella, i. 44, 113

Fracasse, Le Capitaine, i. 148

Franca-Trippa, type created, i. 37;
a zanni, ii. 236

Franceschina, played by Silvia Roncagli, i. 37, 162;
in _The Wiles of Isabella_, 242;
wife of Burattino, ii. 253

Fritellino, in Scala’s scenarii, i. 29;
described, ii. 235;
played by Cecchini, 236

Funambules, Théâtre des, i. 125;
Deburau at, 218;
Deburau’s agreement, 222

Funambuli, i. 10;
in Rome, 15

G

Gabrielli, Giulia, i. 41;
cantatrice, ii. 57

Galimafré, ii. 118

Ganassa, Juan, establishes Italian comedy in Paris, i. 34;
his company, 192

Garrick, David, on Bertinazzi’s talent, i. 191

Garzon, Thomas, on Isabella Andreini, ii. 135

Gaultier-Garguille, created, i. 41;
on boastfulness, 146;
etymology of, ii. 50;
described, 51

Gautier, Théophile, on pantomime, i. 54;
on Deburau, 220

Gavarini Girolamo, plays Captain Rinoceronte, i. 152

Gelosi Troupe, i. 35;
at Hôtel de Bourbon, 36;
its motto, 37;
players in, 238

Genest martyred, i. 19, 255

Gennari, his eulogium of Beolco, i. 280 _f.n._

_Gentilhomme Gascon, Le_, played before Henry IV., i. 198

Geoffrin, Julien, plays Jodelet, ii. 204

Gherardi, Evaristo, on improvisation, i. 39;
plays Harlequin, 45;
his collection of scenarii, 52;
his account of his first appearance, 76;
his death, 78;
scene by, ii. 26;
in _Le Départ des Comédiens_, 60;
monologue of Isabella, 142;
on Fiurelli, 211

Gherardi, Giovanni, plays Flautino, i. 44;
father of Evaristo G., 76;
career of, ii. 184

Gianduja, originated in Turin, i. 28;
identical with Girolamo, ii. 108;
described, 110;
in Turin, 112

Gian Farina, i. 193

Giangurgolo, of Calabrese origin, i. 28;
one of the captains, 155 _et seq._

Giaratone Giuseppe, plays Pierrot, i. 44, 207;
biographical note of, 211

Giglio. _See_ Gilles

Gilles, variant of Pierrot, i. 213;
played by Carpentier, 213

Girolamo, identical with Gianduja, ii. 108;
in Milan, 109

Goldoni, Carlo, hostile to Commedia dell’ Arte, i. 99;
writes play for Darbés, ii. 30;
his methods, 290;
his quarrel with Gozzi, 292

Golinetti plays Harlequin, i. 95

Gozzi, Carlo, his relations with Sacchi, i. 100;
and the Commedia dell’ Arte, ii. 281;
his scenarii, 283;
and Signora Ricci, 284;
on improvisation, 284 _et seq._;
his quarrel with Goldoni, 292

Gradelino played by Constantino Constantini, i. 44; ii. 184

Grattelard, described, ii. 200;
in _The Three Hunchbacks_, 201;
the rival of Tabarin, 242

Grimaldi, Giuseppe, Clown, i. 233

Grimaldi, Joe, Clown, i. 233

Grimm, quoted, i. 47;
on dismissal of Italian players, 53;
on Bigottini’s Harlequin, 95;
on Colalto, ii. 29;
on Mlle Chantilly, 64, 65;
on La Colomba, 69;
on Mme Ruette, 70;
on Jeannot, 115

Gringalet, ii. 118

Gros Guillaume, created, i. 41;
played by Guérin, 198;
costume of, 199

Guaiassa, La, the Neapolitan soubrette, i. 179

Guapo, Il, i. 133 _et seq._

Guérin, Robert, plays Gros Guillaume, i. 198

Guéru, Hugues, creates Gaultier Garguille, ii. 50

Guillot-Gorju, created, i. 41;
described, ii. 52

H

Halle, Adam de la, i. 121

Hamoche plays Pierrot, i. 206, 212

Hanswurst, the German Polichinelle, i. 115;
Magnin on, 127;
played by Prehauser, 128

Harlay, Achille de, i. 62

HARLEQUIN, descended from phallophores, i. 11, 27;
Bergamese origin of, 28, 41;
played by Domenico, 44;
by Gherardi, 45, 76;
by Thomassin, 49, 84;
by Carlo Bertinazzi, 49;
described, 54;
chapter on, 57 _et seq._;
possible ancestor of, 59;
costume of, 60;
etymology of name, 62;
character transformed by Domenico, 65;
in _L’Empereur dans la Lune_, 79;
in plays by Marivaux, 85;
played by Antonio Constantini, 89;
by Bertinazzi, 90;
by Bigottini, 95;
by Golinetti, 95;
in marionettes, 95;
actors who played, 96;
Trivelino, 96;
in _Artémire_, 97;
Truffaldino, 98;
in _Harlequin Roi Par Hasard_, 153;
and Spezzafer, 154;
in _Arlequino Proteo_, 164;
and Columbine, 171;
and Violette, 174;
and Pedrolino, 201, 202;
in _Les Épreuves_, 224;
in _The Wiles of Isabella_, 242;
in _Colombine Avocat_, 260;
in _Cassandre aux Indes_, 275;
Pantaloon’s servant, ii. 19;
in _Pantalone Spezier_, 21;
in _Le Départ des Comédiens_, 60;
in _Arlequin Poli par l’Amour_, 151;
and Fenocchio, 169;
and Mezzetin, 189;
and Scaramouche, 216;
in _L’Avocat Pour et Contre_, 221;
in _Le Collier de Perles_, 260 _f.n._

Haudouin, Bertrand, plays Guillot-Gorju, ii. 52

Henri III. summons Gelosi Troupe to France, i. 35

Henri IV., anecdote of, i. 198

Herodotus on marionettes, i. 20

Histrion, etymology of, i. 17

_Homme à Bonnes Fortunes, L’_, scene from, i. 169

I

_Illusion Comique, L’_, i. 145

_Inganno Fortunato, L’_, i. 84;
announcement of, ii. 61;
by Brigida Bianchi, 140

Interludes, origin and development of, ii. 54;
filled by Fiurelli, 58

ISABELLE, played by Isabella Andreini, i. 37, 162;
in _L’Empereur dans la Lune_, 83;
and Columbine, 165;
in _Le Banqueroutier_, 167;
in _L’Homme à Bonnes Fortunes_, 169;
and Pedrolino, 202;
in _Les Épreuves_, 223;
in _The Wiles of Isabella_, 242;
in _Cassandre aux Indes_, 275;
in scene from Gherardi, ii. 27;
chapter on, 121;
Isabella Andreini, 135;
some leading ladies, 138;
played by Brigida Bianchi, 139;
by Françoise Biancolelli, 141;
monologue of, 142;
in dialogue with the Doctor, 144;
with Columbine, 147;
Silvia, 150;
Flaminia, 156;
Lucile, 157;
some other variants, 159;
and Mezzetin, 188

Istomachus, a charlatan, i. 18

_Italien Marié à Paris, L’_, success of, i. 268

J

Janin, Jules, his biography of Deburau quoted, i. 220

Jan-Klaassen, the Dutch Polichinelle, i. 127

Jeanne of Naples, her history dramatised, i. 24

Jeannot, described, ii. 114;
played by Volange, 116

Jocrisse, ii. 118

Jodelet, created, i. 41;
described, ii. 209

K

Karagheus, the Eastern Polichinelle, i. 115

L

Lambert, Mlle, cantatrice, ii. 72

Laurent plays Leandro, i. 227

Leandro, played by C. V. Romagnesi, i. 45, 264;
in _Les Épreuves_, 223;
character transformed, 273;
in _Cassandre aux Indes_, 275;
played by Laurent, 277;
and Cassandro, ii. 44

Legrand, Henri, plays Turlupin, ii. 198

Legrand, Paul, plays Pierrot, i. 230

Legrand, Louis, plays Turlupin, ii. 200

LELIO, played by Luigi Riccoboni, i. 49, 264;
in _L’Inganno Fortunato_, 84;
in _Le Prince Travesti_, 85;
chapter on, 235;
Flavio, 235;
played by G. B. Andreini, 254;
Orazio, 257;
Cinthio, 259;
Ottavio, 262;
played by L. Riccoboni, 264;
played by Cotta, 266;
in _L’Italien Marié à Paris_, 267;
played by G. A. Romagnesi, 268;
played by F. Riccoboni, 271;
played by A. L. Baletti, 272;
Leandro, 273

Lisle, Mlle de, cantatrice, ii. 72

Livius Andronicus, i. 13

Locatelli, Domenico, plays Trivelino, i. 43, 44, 66, 97;
play by, 98

Locatelli, Gabriella, i. 41; ii. 57

Lolli, Angelo Agostino Constantino, plays the Doctor, i. 44;
marries Patricia Adami, 163;
his Doctor, ii. 37

Lombardi, Bernardino, i. 35;
plays Doctor, ii. 37

Loret, “The Historic Muse of,” quoted, i. 43

Louis XIII. summons Italian troupe to France, i. 41

Louis XIV., responsible for French opera, ii. 58;
dances in ballets, 82

Lucian, quoted, i. 14;
on masks, 17;
on dancing, ii. 76

Lysiodes, i. 10

M

Macchiavelli, Niccolo, as dramatic author, i. 280;
friend of La Barbera, ii. 56

Maccus, i. 26, 107;
character of, 108

_Maddalena Lasciva e Penitente, La_, characters in, ii. 138

Magnin, Charles, on pantomime in Rome, i. 13, 14;
on marionettes in Rome, 19;
on attitude of Church towards histrions, 22;
on itinerant troupes, 36, 38;
on plebeian drama, 53;
on Pulcinella, 120;
on Polichinelle, 121, 126;
on Punch, 127;
on ancient singers, ii. 53;
on dancing, 76;
on funeral of Isabella Andreini, 136

Maillard, Mlle, Cantatrice, ii. 72

Malloni, Maria, Celia, i. 35;
her talent, ii. 134

_Mandragora, La_, i. 280; ii. 81

Manducus, i. 19

Manente, Gian, i. 25; ii. 256

Marco-Pepe, of Roman origin, i. 28;
affinity with Polichinelle, 128;
costume of, 131;
rôle of, described, 132

Marinette, i. 44

Marionettes, in antiquity, i. 19;
etymology of, 20;
varieties of, 21;
gypsies and, 25

Marivaux writes plays for Thomassin, i. 85

Marmontel on Harlequin, i. 59, 64

Mary of Médicis summons Fedeli Troupe to Paris, i. 39

Masks, in Rome, i. 15;
worn by Greek mimes, 17;
worn by types of the Italian comedy, 27;
some carnival masks, ii. 275 _et seq._

Matamore. _See_ Matamoros

Matamoros, Captain, played by Fiorello, i. 112;
his Spanish origin, 143;
Scarron’s play on, 147;
played by Bosses, 152

Matterazzi plays Doctor, i. 49; ii. 27

Mazarin, Cardinal, summons Italian comedians to Paris, i. 41, 51;
summons Domenico, 66

Mazurier plays Polichinelle, i. 124

Meneghino, of Milanese origin, i. 28;
described, ii. 101;
descended from Menego, 102;
akin to Stenterello, 106

Menego, dialogue of, ii. 102

Meo-Patacca, of Roman origin, i. 28;
variant of Polichinelle, 128;
peculiarity of speech of, 129;
in Theatre of Palla Corda, 130;
costume of, 131

Mercey, Frédéric, on Polichinelle, i. 115;
on Meo-Patacca, 129;
on the Captain, 143;
on Pantaloon, ii. 18;
on the Italian masks, 24;
on the Doctor, 31;
on Stenterello, 89, 94;
on Meneghino, 106

Metrobius, i. 18

Mézières, Marie Laboras de, her career, i. 156

Mezzetino, in Scala’s scenarii, i. 29, 41;
played by A. Constantini, 44;
described, ii. 185;
and Isabelle, 188;
and Harlequin, 189;
and Cinthio, 190;
and Pasquariello, 223

Mimes, in Rome, i. 14;
their masks, 15;
their status, 17

Molière, creates Pierrot, i. 205;
his Scapin, ii. 181;
plays with mask, 186;
his admiration of Fiurelli, 214;
inspired by the Italians, 215

Mondor, the charlatan, i. 41;
plays Captain Rodomonte, 150;
dialogue of, 151;
the associate of Tabarin, ii. 238 _et seq._

Montaigne, on Italian comedy, i. 26;
on comedians, 193

Musset, Paul de, on the four Venetian masks, ii. 17;
on Il Biscegliese, 38, 40;
on Tartaglia, 262

Mystery plays, i. 24

N

NARCISINO, the modern planipes, i. 28;
of Bolognese origin, 28;
character, ii. 195;
monologue of, 196

Natocelli plays Pagliaccio, i. 195

Nobili, Orazio, i. 35

_Noces de Pierrot, Les_, i. 226

Nodier, Charles, on Polichinelle, i. 125

Nonnus of Panopolis on pantomime, i. 14

Notary, the, described, ii. 265

O

Opera Buffa, created, ii. 54;
first performed, 55

Opéra-Comique, i. 47;
amalgamated with the Comédie-Italienne, 52;
composers at the, ii. 71

Orazio, in _The Wiles of Isabella_, i. 242;
played by Marco Romagnesi, 258;
character and costume, 258

Orléans, Duc d’ (The Regent), summons Italian players to Paris, i. 84

_Orpheus_ performed in Paris, i. 51

Ottavio played by G. B. Constantini, i. 265

P

PAGLIACCIO, first appearance of, i. 192;
costume of, 193;
actors playing, 195

Palais Royal, Italian players at, i. 44, 84

Paillasse, i. 195;
played by Père Rousseau, 196

Palla-Corda, Theatre of, Meo-Patacca in, i. 130

Palladio, theatre by, at Vicenza, i. 33

Pangrazio il Biscegliese. _See_ Il Biscegliese

Pantalone. _See_ Pantaloon

_Pantalone Spezier_, ii. 21

PANTALOON, origin of, i. 27;
Venetian, 28;
in Scala’s scenarii, 29, 41;
played by Alborghetti, 49;
in _The Wiles of Isabella_, 242;
chapter on, ii. 9;
descended from Pappus, 10;
origin of his name, 17;
his character, 18;
and Harlequin, 19;
in _Pantalone Spezier_, 21;
Don Pantaleone, 23;
of every social condition, 24;
change in his costume, 25;
variants of name, 26;
Brocantin, 26;
played by Sticotti, 28;
by Colalto, 29;
by Darbés, 30;
the Doctor, 31;
Il Biscegliese, 38;
Cassandro, 42;
Cassandrino, 46;
Facanappa, 49;
the Baron, Gaultier-Garguille, 50;
Guillot-Gorju, 52

Pantomime in Rome, i. 13, 14

Pappus, i. 27, 107;
ancient Pantaloon, ii. 10

Parasolz, his drama on Jeanne of Naples, i. 24

Pasquariello, i. 44;
scene with Harlequin, 73;
in league with Columbine, 172;
and Scaramouche, ii. 212

Pasquino described, ii. 228

Passion, la, Confraternity of, close the Italian theatres in Paris,
i. 35;
drive out the Confidenti, 38

Pedrolino, character of, i. 200;
lackey of Pantaloon, 201;
his appetite, 202;
his mischievousness, 203;
derived from the Italian peasant, 208;
in _The Wiles of Isabella_, 242

Peppe-Nappa, of Sicilian origin, i. 28;
variant of Pierrot, 216

Personæ, masks so called, i. 12

Phallophores, i. 10;
Sycionian, 59;
in Rome, 60

Piccinelli, La, her history, ii. 67

Pierò, i. 200. _See_ Pierrot

Pierrette, i. 173

PIERROT, played by Giaratone, i. 44, 207;
described, 54;
in _L’Homme à Bonnes Fortunes_, 170;
chapter on, 183;
Pagliaccio, 192;
Gros-Guillaume, 198;
Pedrolino, 200;
derived from Pedrolino, 204;
created by Molière, 205;
played by Hamoche, 206;
derived from French peasant, 208;
in dialogue with Cassandre, 209;
and Cinthio, 210;
his character, 211;
players of, 212;
Gilles, 213;
Peppe Nappa, 216;
character transformed by Deburau, 219;
in _Les Épreuves_, 223;
played by Legrand, 230;
the English Clown, 231;
in _L’Empereur dans la Lune_, ii. 35;
and Cassandro, 43;
in dialogue with Isabelle, 44;
in _L’Avocat Pour et Contre_, 222

Pindar quoted, ii. 76

Planipes, i. 11, 60

Plautus, _The Braggart Captain_ quoted, i. 138;
_Mostellaria_ quoted, 159;
_Pœnulus_ set to music, ii. 55

Pliny on actresses, ii. 77

POLICHINELLE. _See_ Pulcinella
Chapter on, i. 103;
his character, 106;
Riccoboni on origin of, 110;
Sand on origin of, 111;
Riccoboni on, 114;
variations of his name, 115;
Polliciniella, 118;
Magnin on, 121;
his song, 122;
plays written round, 123;
competes with guillotine, 123;
Arnault on, 124;
Mazurier’s performance, 124;
Ély’s performance, 125;
Nodier on, 125;
Magnin on, 125;
Punch, 126;
Hanswurst, 127;
Meo-Patacca, 128;
Marco-Pepe, 132;
Il Guapo and Il Sitonno, 133;
Birrichino, 134

Polliciniella. _See_ Polichinelle

Polidoro in comedy by Beolco, i. 276

Ponti, Diana, ii. 137

Porbus quoted, i. 34

Prehauser plays Hanswurst, i. 128; ii. 286

_Prince Travesti, Le_, i. 85

Pulcinella, lineal descendant of Maccus, i. 26;
Neapolitan, 28;
played by Fracassano, 45;
origin of, 107;
etymology of, 109;
introduced by Fiorello, 112.
_See_ Polichinelle

Pulcinello, played by Coleson, i. 114. _See_ Polichinelle

Pulliciniello. _See_ Polichinelle

Punch, the English Polichinelle, i. 115, 126;
Magnin on, 127

Pylades, mime of the first century, i. 19

Q

Quinault befriends G. A. Romagnesi, i. 269

Quintus Roscius, earnings of, i. 18

R

Rabelais, quoted, i. 20;
his _Sciomachie_ quoted, ii. 133;
Turlupin and, 198;
his _Sciomachie_, 257;
on Chicanoux, 268

Ranieri, Bartolomeo, plays Aurelio, i. 44;
his career, 261

Rauzzini, Giacopo, plays Scaramouche, i. 49; ii. 226

Réaux, Tallemant des, on Gros Guillaume, i. 198

_Re Cervo, Il_, sketched, ii. 263

Reynie, La, interdicts foreign players in Paris, i. 45

Rhinthonus, i. 12

_Rhodiana, La_, i. 99

Ricci, La, Gozzi’s mistress, i. 100; ii. 284

Riccoboni, Antonio, disregards royal summons to Paris, ii. 26

Riccoboni, Francesco, plays Lelio, i. 49, 271;
his career, 272

Riccoboni, Luigi, on F. Scala, i. 29;
on improvisation, 31;
director of the Regent’s Company, 49;
on zanni, 60;
on Harlequin, 63;
on image of Maccus, 110;
on Polichinelle, 114;
on the Captain, 147;
on G. B. Andreini, 256;
plays Lelio, 264;
his career, 265;
his History of the Italian Theatre, 266;
his mania for tragedy, 267;
his History criticised, 268;
on Ruzzante, 283;
on Pantaloon, ii. 24;
on the Doctor, 32

Richelieu, Cardinal de, summons Italian players to Paris, i. 51

Rinoceronte, Captain, described, i. 152

Rodomonte, Captain, described, i. 148;
played by Mondor, 150;
dialogue of, 151

Rogantino described, i. 157

Romagnesi, Carlo Virginio, plays Leandro, i. 45, 264

Romagnesi, Giovanni-Antonio, plays Lelio, i. 49;
early adventures of, 268;
his début at Strasburg, 270;
his success in Paris, 271

Romagnesi, Marco, plays Orazio, i. 44, 257

Romagnesi, Marco Antonio, plays Cinthio, i. 44, 259;
his career, 268;
plays the Doctor, ii. 37

Roncagli, Silvia, in Scala’s company, i. 37;
plays Franceschina, 162

Roquelaure, Maréchal de, anecdote of, i. 198

Rosa, Salvator, i. 28;
on Pagliaccio, 194;
plays Coviello, ii. 233

_Rosaura, La_, performed in Paris, i. 51; ii. 58

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, and the sisters Veronese, i. 176

Rousseau, Père, plays Paillasse, i. 196;
dialogue of, 197

Ruette, Madame, her talent, ii. 71

Ruine di Pompeia, Le, sketched, i. 118

Rusca, Margarita, plays Violette, i. 49, 174

RUZZANTE, chapter on, i. 279. _See_ Angelo Beolco

S

Sacchi, plays Truffaldino, i. 99;
his ruin, 100;
Gozzi’s praise of, ii. 281

St Victor, Paul de, on Tabarin, ii. 239, 241, 245

San Carlino, Theatre of, i. 115

Sand, George, and Deburau, i. 228

Sanniones, i. 60

San Samuele, Theatre of, i. 99;
Anna Veronese at, 176

Sant’ Angelo, Theatre of, i. 100

Saturæ, i. 12

Saxe, Maréchal de, opera in his camp, ii. 62;
in love with Mme Favart, 63

Sbirro, Il, described, ii. 272

Scala, Flaminio, his company, i. 29;
heads the Gelosi, 35;
actors engaged by, 37;
retires, 38;
Pedrolino in his scenarii, 200;
plays lovers, 238;
appearances of, in France, 239;
his collection of scenarii, 239;
his _The Wiles of Isabella_, 242;
engages Isabella Andreini, ii. 135

SCAPINO, of Milanese origin, i. 28;
played by Bissoni, 49;
chapter on, ii. 161;
Brighella, 161;
Fenocchio, 168;
Beltrame, 172;
his address to travellers, 179;
his character, 180;
played by Bissoni, 182;
played by Camerani, 183;
Flautino and Gradelino, 184;
Mezzetino, 185;
Narcisino, 195;
Turlupin, 198;
Grattelard, 200;
Jodelet and other variants of, 204

SCARAMOUCHE, i. 26;
of Neapolitan origin, 28;
played by Rauzzini, 49; and ii. 226;
chapter on, ii. 207;
and Pulcinella, 209;
in scenes from Gherardi’s collection, 215 _et seq._;
Pasquariello, 219;
played by Cavé, 227;
Pasquino, 228;
Crispin, 229

Scardeon, Bernardino, on Beolco, i. 279, 281, 282

Scarron quoted, i. 147

Schœnobates, i. 10, 109

Scudéry, i. 145

_Serva Padrona, La_, ii. 54;
translated, 66

Shakespeare, the Clowns of, i. 233

Simodes, i. 19

Sitonno, II, rôle of, i. 133;
source of, in Ruzzante, 134

Smargiasso, described, i. 156

Soubrettes, i. 161;
Columbine, 163;
names of, 174;
Coraline, 175

Spanish Comedians in Paris, i. 43

Spavento, Captain, i. 148;
played by F. Andreini, 149;
and Pedrolino, 201;
in _The Wiles of Isabella_, 242

Spezzafer, Captain, his dress, i. 152;
played by G. Bianchi, 153;
dialogue of, 154

Spezza-Monti, Captain, described, i. 148

Spinetta, i. 45

STENTERELLO, of Florentine origin, i. 28;
comparable with English Clown, 231;
chapter on, ii. 89;
appearance of, 90;
etymology of, 92;
costume of, 92;
character of, 93;
an episode of, 94;
the Bolognese, 98;
monologue of, 99;
Meneghino, 101;
Gianduja and Girolamo, 108;
Zacometo, 113;
Jeannot, 114;
Jocrisse and other variants of, 118

Sticotti, Antonio, plays Pierrot, i. 212

Sticotti, Fabio, plays Pantaloon, ii. 29

Strozzi, Giulio, author, i. 42

Suppositi, I, produced, i. 280

_Surprise de l’Amour, La_, i. 85

Susarion, i. 9

Sycionian phallophores, i. 59

T

Tabarin, i. 41;
and Rodomonte, 151;
a charlatan, ii. 238;
St Victor on, 239;
the story of his death, 240;
rivals of, 242;
complete works of, 243;
quoted, 246;
prophetic almanac of, 251;
costume of, 253

Tabarini, his troupe in Vienna, i. 66; ii. 238

Tabarino described, ii. 237

Tabernariæ, i. 12

_Taking of Delhi, The_, Gianduja in, ii. 112

Tarentum famous for its actors, i. 18

TARTAGLIA, i. 27;
of Neapolitan origin, 28;
in Venice, ii. 17;
chapter on, 259;
in _Le Collier de Perles_, 260 _f.n._;
costume of, 261;
frequent imprisonments of player of, 262;
in _Il Re Cervo_, 263;
the Notary, 265;
Il Sbirro, 272;
the Apothecary, 273

Terence on funambuli, i. 15

Terpander introduces the lyre, ii. 53

_Thémire Délivrée_ criticised by Favart, ii. 158

Thespis, i. 9;
creates the corypheus, ii. 53

Thomas Aquinas quoted, i. 23

Thomassin. _See_ Antonio Vicentini

_Three Hunchbacks, The_, ii. 201 _et seq._;
Tartaglia in, 259

Titus Livy quoted, i. 11, 13

Togatæ, i. 12

Toneelgek, the Dutch Polichinelle, i. 115

Tortoretti, Giuseppe, plays Pasquariello, i. 44;
touring, 98;
his career, ii. 220

_Triumph of Bacchus, The_, Louis XIV. plays in, ii. 82

Trivelino, i. 41;
a variant of Harlequin, 96;
in _Artémire_, 97

Truffaldino, a variant of Harlequin, i. 98;
played by Sacchi, 99;
quotation from rôle of, 101;
in Venice, ii. 17

Tude, Hippolyte de la, on her début, i. 175

Turgis, M. de, his marriage with Françoise Biancolelli, ii. 147 _et
seq._

Turi, Nicolò, plays Pantaloon, i. 43

Turi, Virginio, plays lovers, i. 44, 259

Turlupin, played by H. Legrand, ii. 198

Tusculum, theatre at, i. 11

U

Uniti Troupe, i. 35, 39

V

_Vaccaria, La_, i. 99;
quotation from, 235;
outlined, ii. 121;
contrasted with _Asinaria_, 128

Valerini, Adriano, plays Aurelio, i. 35;
forms the Uniti Troupe, 39;
plays lovers, 238;
and Lidia di Bagnacavallo, ii. 134;
and Charles Borromeo, 137

Vappo, Il, one of the captains, i. 156

Varchi, Benedetto, on Beolco, i. 212

_Verità, La_, scenario of, ii. 81

Veronese, Anna, Coraline, i. 50;
a soubrette, 175;
Rousseau and, 176;
Collé’s criticism of, 177;
great vogue of, 178;
her dancing, ii. 80

Veronese, Carlo, plays Pantaloon, i. 176;
and Rousseau, 176;
overshadowed by his daughters, ii. 29

Veronese, Giacometta-Antonia, Camille, i. 50;
and Rousseau, 176;
Collé’s criticism of, 177;
in Sacchi’s company, 178;
her dancing, ii. 80;
her career, 157

Vicentini, Antonio (Thomassin), plays Harlequin, i. 49;
in _L’Inganno Fortunato_, 84;
plays for, by Marivaux, 85;
his agility, 88;
his death, 89;
Collé’s criticism of, 94;
married to Margarita Rusca, 174

Vicentini, Gioachino, plays Harlequin, i. 89

Vicenza, theatre at, i. 33

Vieux Cordelier quoted, i. 123

Violette, Margarita Rusca, i. 49;
a variant of Columbine, 174

Volange, plays Jeannot, ii. 116;
his failure, 117

Voltaire, on mystery plays, i. 24;
on La Camargo, ii. 84

W

_Wiles of Isabella, The_, Scala’s scenario of, i. 242

X

Xenophon quoted, ii. 175

Z

ZACOMETO, of Venetian origin, i. 28;
described, ii. 113

Zanarini, La, a cantatrice, ii. 70

Zanobio, a variant of Pantaloon, ii. 50

Zanoni, Atanasio, plays Brighella, ii. 167;
Gozzi’s praise of, 281

Zanotti, Andrea, plays Valerio and Ottavio, i. 44, 259

Zeccha, Nicolò, plays Bertoldino, i. 192

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